Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses

by Richard Lloyd Anderson 

Published in every edition of the Book of Mormon are the testimonies of eight witnesses who saw the metal plates from which the prophet Joseph Smith translated the ancient scriptural account and of three witnesses who not only saw the plates but who were shown them by an angel. Who were these witnesses? Can we take their testimonies seriously? In this carefully researched, thought-provoking book, Dr. Richard Lloyd Anderson presents evidence from original sources on each of the eleven witnesses and concludes: “Statements clearly traced to the witnesses verify the testimonies printed in the Book of Mormon . . . After years of working with their lives and their words, I am deeply convinced that their printed testimonies must be taken at face value.”